Trouton–Noble Paradox

Trouton–Noble paradox with an educational, dimensionally consistent torque-balance model.

About this tool

Trouton–Noble shows why a moving charged capacitor does not freely rotate. The displayed electromagnetic torque scale is proportional to β² sin(2θ); relativistic stress and field momentum provide an equal counterbalance, so the net torque is zero. These are explanatory scales, not a full covariant derivation.